I have used a camera to get a feel of what different camera shots you can use to create an interesting film. Some of the shots I have tried to use and experiment with is mid shot, close-up and extreme close up. I have also learnt how to use white balance.
White Balance is where you click on manual on the camera and select the white balance button. You have to focus the camera onto a plain white piece of paper before filming in the area. Also you have to keep on white balancing every time you move to a different place when you start filming. This is so the colouring effect can work instead of clashing with other colour schemes.
I have also learnt how to set- up a tripod safely. To set- up a tripod you have to put all 3 legs down so the tripod stands. Then you have to make sure the top of the tripod is as far up as you would like it before placing the camera onto the tripod. Then you add the camera to the tripod pacifically the plate of the tripod. You do this by twisting the camera onto the tripod so it doesn't twist anymore. Then you can use the camera and tripod. To take down the camera you do the exact opposite to the instructions by twisting the camera the the other way and taking off, by lowering the stand where the camera would go and then lowering and sliding back in all 3 tripod legs so it no longer stands.
I have learnt how to use Rule of Thirds. Rule of Thirds is a grid technique that camera people use every time they film something. This is so every part that you would like in the shot is in the shot on the lines of the rule of thirds. It is split into 9 squares like a naughts and crosses board. It is a common technique to use when you are filming. I have also played around with the microphone that slots into the camera. This is very good because you can hear different sounds through headphones plugged into the camera such as background noises. I like using the microphone because you can record whatever sound you would like to record without being on camera which is quite cool. I like the technique after trying to play around with it.
Before I did all of this I researching 3 female directors and 3 male directors to put into a spider diagram. Some of the directors I have never heard of and some of them I have heard of. Most of them I have not heard of so it was weird researching stranger directors to me that I do not know. After I watched a short film called Soft by Simon Ellis. It is about these bullies who bully a boys dad. The dad is not bothered and tries to keep it a secret from his son who soon finds out and stops the bullying by whacking/hitting the main bully against the car so they would run away. I did not particularly like the short film because for me I did not feel part of the film. I found the film a little disturbing because of all the violence that went on during the short film such as hitting, shouting, banging. It reminded me of a riot with the activities some of the bullies did.
The composition was quite hard to figure out because the filming used 2 different types. One was blurry showing it was filmed off a phone which is not as good quality as filming from a camera. I found that the camera filming was easier to see from a distance because it was not blurry, it was clear to see unlike the other type of filming. The other type of filming(off a phone) was too blurry because it was filmed off a camera. I think this shows that the bullies used one type of filming to get their point across and to show that they are a bully unlike the normal filming which shows that the other characters are lovely characters. I preferred the non blurry filming because in my opinion it was easier ti understand and I could see the filming alot better.
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